The Organisation of Employment: An International Perspective

by Jill Rubery, Damian Grimshaw

Overview

The Organization of Employment explores the diversity in the organization of employment among advanced industrial societies. In particular, it focuses on the implications of distinctive employment systems for international competitiveness, organizational performance, and social divisions and considers the impact of globalization on the sustainability of such diversity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333802366
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/11/2002
Series:	Management, Work and Organisations , #23
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

JILL RUBERY is Professor of Comparative Employment Systems at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST and Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre both in the UK.

DAMIAN GRIMSHAW is Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST in the UK.
JILL RUBERY is Professor of Comparative Employment Systems at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST and Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre both in the UK.

DAMIAN GRIMSHAW is Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST in the UK.

Table of Contents

Diversity in the Organisation of Employment: An Introduction to the Subject
Making Sense of International Differences: Some Methodological Approaches
The Development of Employment and Production Regimes
The State, the Family and Gender: From Domestic Work to Wage Employment
Skilling the Labour Force
Labour Market Flexibility and Labour Market Regulation
Employment Policy and Practice: Implementation at the Workplace
Multinationals and the Organisation of Employment
Globalisation and the Future for Diversity
Labour Regulation in a Global Economy.

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